Labourse

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Labourse

|commune status = Commune

|image = Labourse - Mairie.JPG

|caption = The town hall of Labourse

|image coat of arms = Blason Labourse.svg

|arrondissement = Béthune

|canton = Nœux-les-Mines

|INSEE = 62480

|postal code = 62113

|mayor = Philippe Scaillierez{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane

|coordinates = {{coord|50.4989|2.6808|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 25

|elevation min m = 18

|elevation max m = 44

|area km2 = 4.7

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Labourse ({{IPA|fr|labuʁs}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62480-labourse INSEE commune file]

Geography

A large farming and light industrial village, situated some {{convert|3|mi|km}} southeast of Béthune and {{convert|22|mi|km}} southwest of Lille on the D65 and the D943. The commune is also traversed by the A26 autoroute.

Population

{{Historical populations

| source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62480#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

| percentages = pagr

| align = none

|1968 |2201

|1975 |1926

|1982 |1711

|1990 |2057

|1999 |2028

|2007 |2188

|2012 |2429

|2017 |2847

}}

Places of interest

A nineteenth-century chateau.
The church of St. Martin, rebuilt in the 16th century.
The chapel, rebuilt, along with most of the village, after World War I.
A museum, telling of the deportations of World War II.

References

External links

[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/19002 The CWGC graves in the communal cemetery]

Category:Communes of Pas-de-Calais